Bosch Mixer & $100 Gift Cards Giveaway ~ Ruthie’s Birthday Bash!

Bosch Mixer & $100 Gift Cards Giveaway ~ Ruthie’s Birthday Bash!

ByMariel

Today is Whats Cooking with Ruthie’s 2nd Birthday! Nutrimill Bosch and some of your favorite bloggers have come together to make it an extra BIG party! We are celebrating in true blogger style with a huge giveaway- check out these awesome prizes…

Grand Prize: Bosch Universal Plus Mixer with Cookie Paddles, Blender, and Slicer Shredder additional attachments PLUS a $50.00 visa gift card to help start you baking right away!
Runner ups: 3 additional winners will each get a $100.00 gift card to one store of their choice William Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, or Target
PLUS all the winners will receive a copy of Whats Cooking with Ruthie Family Favorites Cookbook ebook that is set to release this week. Whooot-hoot!

Come on in to enter!!

10 Great Back to School Ideas (& Link Party!)

10 Great Back to School Ideas (& Link Party!)

ByMariel

Hello, weekend. How about 10 great Back to School ideas from ‘Or so she says…’?!? I say, ‘yes.’ Check them out… you’ll find printables, crafts, lunch box ideas, educational fun, and thoughts on bullying. Some good stuff! When you’re done, be sure to link up YOUR great ideas below. I love to see what y’all come up with and find fun new things to share on Pinterest! As a bonus, everything you link up will also be featured on two other really big blogs!

The Name Game ~ A Fun Group Game! (& Our Bear Lake Vacation)
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The Name Game ~ A Fun Group Game! (& Our Bear Lake Vacation)

ByMariel

So, we spent this past weekend with Dan’s family in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho. Have you been there?? It’s soooo beautiful. A huge, amazingly turquoise lake, right in the middle of the desert. Every year, we rent a cabin up there and spend the time boating, swimming, eating raspberry shakes (they’re famous!), wrestling (tons of cousins!), and relaxing. After we got all the kids to bed, the adults stayed up late playing games …AND, I thought I would tell you about it. It’s called The Name Game and so much fun!

But, first …a handful of pictures from our trip…

Blog Buddies: Mique from Thirty Handmade Days

Blog Buddies: Mique from Thirty Handmade Days

ByMariel

Hi everyone! I’m Mique from Thirty Handmade Days. I’m excited to be here today to share a little bit about what I do over there. When I’m not creating, I’m busy trying to keep up with my 7, 11 and 13 year olds. I’ve been married to Josh for (almost) 15 years. And I own the Queen Bee Market, a craft boutique based in the San Diego area.

My favorite things to create are: recipes, printables and gifts. I make those things over and over and over every day of the week if my laundry would let me.

Banana Oatmeal
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Baked Banana Oatmeal

ByMariel

I’m a huge fan of oatmeal, so any oatmeal recipe will quickly peak my curiosity. I’ve had this recipe for Baked Banana Oatmeal kickin’ around the kitchen for a while now, just waiting for me to make it. I tore it out of the Parent & Child magazine and had a hunch it would be perfect for my family. And, it was! …especially with the addition of chocolate chips. It made plenty, was delish, and it’s always nice when I can serve everyone at once. I was afraid it wouldn’t be enough, so I doubled the recipe. But, it made tons! I had an entire 9×13 pan filled and 6 ramekins. So, we’ve been eating this for a couple days now.

The Coolest Day of the Month ~ My Stitch Fix!!
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The Coolest Day of the Month ~ My Stitch Fix!!

ByMariel

A few months back, I started hearing a buzz about this new site called Stitch Fix. What intrigued me was their pictures of super cute, original clothing and the fact that they become your PERSONAL stylist and MAIL you cute stuff. I had to know more! With six kids, as you can imagine, I don’t get out of the house much to buy myself clothes. I can always find fun stuff for my kids online (hello, Zulily!), but rarely do I find anything for myself. And, sometimes I want a cute outfit, dang-it. So, I decided to give Stitch Fix a try, see if it was as cool as it sounded.

I went online, signed up, and filled out their style form …not sure of the official name. But, it was a form that asked your sizes in everything, how much is too much to spend on specific clothing items, and lots about what sort of styles you like. They had pictures of all different styles, and you pick your favorites, to help them understand what you like.

Privacy Policy

ByMariel

Privacy Policy Welcome to Or so she says… ‘Or so she says…’ has created this Privacy Policy in order to set forth the principles governing our information-gathering and dissemination practices, including but not limited to such activities as forums, chat rooms, personal profile pages, product reviews, article commentary, blogs, RSS feeds and newsletters, among other…

Gift Ideas: 9 Year Old Boy

Gift Ideas: 9 Year Old Boy

ByMariel

This was a hard shopping year for Shane. He gave me two ideas: fishing stuff and a remote control helicopter. Both lovely ideas, but the problem with fishing is my husband doesn’t love it. So, Shane has to wait for Uncle Marc to come to town, so he can go with him. I didn’t know if it was worth the moolah if Shane didn’t get to go that much. The problem I have with remote control helicopters is that I think we’ve probably owned five of them already. I have no idea where they are, if they work anymore, or if they were ever used in the first place. Do we really need another one? I wasn’t convinced. So, that left me with… let’s see… oh, that’s right, NO ideas.

But THEN, I saw something soooo perfect. Eeeeeek!! Let me show you…

Mom’s Awesome Potato Salad
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Mom’s Awesome Potato Salad

ByMariel

I’m a little snobbish, when it comes to Potato Salad. I don’t do sweet pickles, sweet anything, or onions. I’m all about lots of dill pickles, hard boiled eggs, and red potatoes. Mmmm, baby. And, my mama makes it right. All the good stuff, PLUS her secret ingredient, Salad Supreme Seasoning. Lots of it. I’m talking the whole dang bottle, hence the orangey-yellow color. Don’t let it scare you. It’s the best. I could make a full meal out of this potato salad, forget the whole ‘side dish’ thing.

10 Summer Dessert Recipes & ‘Your Great Idea’ Link Party #44

10 Summer Dessert Recipes & ‘Your Great Idea’ Link Party #44

ByMariel

Thanks to everyone who shared their great ideas last week! It was fun looking through them all. I’ll be pinning lots of them over the weekend! So, this week I put together a delicious collection, all about summer desserts. Have a look/drool, check out the other winning features and be sure to share your great idea with us down below! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got for us. 🙂

Oh, and like last week… anything share here will also be featured on Your Homebased Mom AND What’s Cooking with Ruthie. That’s triple the exposure and triple the chances for features. So, be sure to link back to each of them, as well.